11 dead, over 60 missing after Pakistan shopping centre fire smoulders for 24 hours
Firefighters in Karachi began searching on Monday for more than 60 missing people after a massive fire destroyed a shopping centre in Pakistan’s most populous city, while the death toll from the disaster rose to 11. The fire started late on Saturday at the sprawling, multi-storey Gul Plaza in the city’s business district and burned for more than a day, hampering rescue efforts in the densely packed area. After more than 24 hours of firefighting, crews moved to cooling and debris clearing on... [Continue Reading]
